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Companies by Wikipedia Descriptions

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Some excerpts edited slightly, and in some cases 2 quotes are combined if it makes sense.
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Last updated: November 12, 2021
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The company was founded by Sam Walton in nearby Rogers, Arkansas in 1962 and incorporated under Delaware General Corporation Law on October 31, 1969. It also owns and operates Sam's Club retail warehouses
Walmart
Its best known software products are the _________ Windows line of operating systems, the _________ Office suite, and the Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers
Microsoft
In August 2018, _____ became the first publicly traded U.S. company to be valued at over $1 trillion, and the first valued over $2 trillion two years later. It has a high level of brand loyalty and is ranked as the world's most valuable brand
Apple
As of 2020, ______ was the fifth largest retailer in the world, and the world's largest retailer of choice and prime beef, organic foods, rotisserie chicken, and wine as of 2016
Costco
In 1908, ____ introduced the mass-produced Model T, which totaled millions sold over nearly 20 years. In 1927, ____ replaced the T with the Model A, the first car with safety glass in the windshield
Ford
________________ Company is an American Cleveland, Ohio–based company in the paint and coating manufacturing industry, founded by Edward Williams and Henry Sherwin in Cleveland in 1866
Sherwin-Williams
The __________'s proposition was to build home-improvement superstores, larger than any of their competitors' facilities. The company color is a bright orange on signs, equipment and employee aprons
Home Depot
During most of the 20th century, ____ had a monopoly on phone service in the United States, through a series of mergers, it became Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in 1920, which was then a subsidiary of American Telephone and Telegraph Company
AT&T
_____ supplies microprocessors for computer system manufacturers such as Lenovo, HP, and Dell. _____ also manufactures motherboard chipsets, network interface controllers and integrated circuits, flash memory, graphics chips, embedded processors and other devices related to communications and computing
Intel
______ is among the largest global aerospace manufacturers; it is the third-largest defense contractor in the world based on 2020 revenue, and is the largest exporter in the United States by dollar value
Boeing
Since 2008, ___________'s television advertisements have featured an overly enthusiastic woman named Flo, who explains the benefits of ___________ Insurance
Progressive
____ sponsors many high-profile athletes and sports teams around the world, with the highly recognized trademarks of "Just Do It" and the Swoosh logo
Nike
Five businessmen founded the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company as a mining venture in Two Harbors, Minnesota, making their first sale on June 13, 1902. The goal was to mine corundum, but this failed because the mine's mineral holdings were anorthosite, which had no commercial value. The company moved to Duluth and began researching and producing sandpaper products
3M
______ ranked 15th among United States corporations in the value of WWII wartime production contracts. As the inventor and manufacturer of nylon, ______ helped produce the raw materials for parachutes, powder bags, and tires
DuPont
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Level 60
Nov 12, 2021
Fun quiz, but a few of the answers are right there in the description (Sherwin Williams, Ford, etc.)
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Level 67
Nov 12, 2021
Sherwin-Williams was intentional, I thought that clue was a bit too hard without it, but the others are accidents, thanks for noticing!